Hormone Helps Salmon Beef Up

July 28, 1985|By Ronald Kotulak.

A genetically engineered growth hormone designed for chickens and cows is turning salmon into giants. Salmon injected with the synthetic hormone gained 50 percent more weight than untreated fish, scientists from Canada`s Department of Fisheries and Oceans reported in BIO/TECHNOLOGY. The Amgen hormone could be a big boon to commercial salmon farming, they said.